“Retailers Are the New Oil & Gas,” Only Worse by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2017 • 88 Comments I’ve been doom-and-gloom on brick-and-mortar retail. But I haven’t been nearly doom-and-gloom enough, given the events of the past seven days. Includes my interview with The Financial Exchange, WRKO Boston.
The Bloodletting among Retailers Simply Doesn’t Let Up by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2017 • 69 Comments A very busy day in Brick-and-Mortar Fiasco Land.
Surge in Consumer Confidence Turns to “Dismal” Retail Sales beyond Autos, Gasoline by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2017 • 103 Comments Pundits sent back to the drawing board.
Another Retailer Leveraged Buyout Bites the Dust by Wolf Richter • Jul 28, 2016 • 27 Comments PE Firm Apollo Schemes to Get Unstuck as Claire’s Stores Goes over the Cliff.
Mall Owners Begin to Feel the Pain of Brick & Mortar Retailers by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2016 • 89 Comments Previously “pent-up” real-estate demand to “fizzle.”
This is Why No One Should Bail Out the “Smart Money” Stuck in Brick-and-Mortar Retailers: Let them Shed their Own Tears by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2016 • 74 Comments Another bankruptcy. Toxic Safeway-Albertsons combo waiting in the wings.
How the Ultimate “Smart Money” Got Stuck in the IPO Pipeline by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2016 • 47 Comments These private equity firms are now waiting for a miracle.
The Fretting Among Wall Street Gurus Has Begun by Wolf Richter • Apr 1, 2016 • 28 Comments Something has to give.
Another Private-Equity LBO Queen Bites the Dust by Wolf Richter • Mar 3, 2016 • 45 Comments When a PE firm is through strip-mining a company.
